Checking significance

kamal123 · Post by **kamal123** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:31 pm

Hi,

I would like to ask about the significance of the relationship, in spss we did a regression to check this (i.e. sig. < 0.05).
My question, how to know whether the relationship between two of PLS model's factors (e.g. Independent variable and Mediator variable ) is significant or not? Please provide the details as much as possible, and thank you in advance.

Kamal

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:58 pm

Hi,
run the bootstrap procedure.

Use the search function to find details about it.

Best regards,
Bido

kamal123 · Post by **kamal123** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:38 am

Thank you very much for your reply, would you explain how to access the search function (I mean the steps) because I actually run the bootstrap and I did not find any value indicates the significance.
Or may be we have to use SPSS for checking the significance of the relationships?

Your guidance is appreciated

Thanks in anticipation

Kamal

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:14 am

Hi Kamal,
The "search" that I was talking about is in the upper right corner in this forum.

The results of bootstrap are t-values
If t > 1,96, the path or loading is significant at 5%.

Best regards,
Bido

kamal123 · Post by **kamal123** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:12 am

Dear Professor,

So, t - statistic is enough. Thank you very much

Kamal

Hengkov · Post by **Hengkov** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:41 am

Hi,
If your model have mediation effect, you must know sig. indirect effect too.

Regards,
Hengky